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FALL 2006 |
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POLITICS IN FILM SERIES
Tuttleman Hall, Room 402| 4:30PM | Temple University
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The Fall 2006 Politics in Film Series Presents:
Five Explorations of Power
September 14th: Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund’s (2002) City of God
October 12th: Lina Wertmüller’s (1976) Seven Beauties
October 26th: Govind Nihalani’s (1998) Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa
November 16th: Stephen Frears’s (2002) Dirty Pretty Things
November 30th: David Lynch’s (1986) Blue Velvet |
THE ISRST CONVERSATION SERIES
The Institute for the Study of Race and Social Thought and the Center for Afro-Jewish Studies (ISRST & CAJS) have organized a conversations series for the academic year 2006–2007. In each of these conversations, a scholar from another institution visits Temple to engage fellow experts in a public dialogue in their areas of research. |
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November 28, 2006 | Anderson Hall Room 1123 | Temple University
The ISRST Conversation Series presents:
Fanon, Translation, and the Postcolonial Imagination:
A Conversation with Nigel Gibson
Nigel Gibson teaches postcolonial and African studies at the Institute of Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College. Dr. Gibson has spoken at the U.N. about African studies and has appeared on The History Channel as an expert on the Algerian national liberation struggle. His most recent work is Challenging Hegemony: Social Movements and The Quest for a New Humanism in South Africa.
Click here for a flyer of A Conversation with Nigel Gibson. |
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October 31, 2006 | Gladfelter Hall Room 914 | Temple University
The ISRST Conversation Series presents:
The 2nd Annual Halloween Lectures
From the Scary Depths of Postcolonial Worlds—Mad Mothers, Mad Scientists, Monsters! Monsters! Monsters! Join us in the fright! The talks are to be followed by Bacchanal at the Haunted Tenth Floor of Gladfelter Hall, with the Demonic Society of Fellows and Diabolical Center for Humanities, at 6:00 PM–7:30 PM with a performance by The Barking Spiders!
This event is sponsored by the very scary Institute for the Study of Race and Social Thought, Society of Fellows, and Philosophy Department at Temple University.
Click here for a flyer of the 2nd Annual Halloween Lectures. |
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October 23, 2006 | Gladfelter 9th Floor
The ISRST Conversation Series presents:
A Conversation on Levinas
Discussants include Hagi Kenaan of Tel-Aviv University, Aryeh Botwinick of Temple University, and David Fryer of Temple University. The scholars assembled will each introduce his work and set of critical questions on the study of Emmanuel Levinas, the famed Jewish philosopher of ethics and phenomenology, which will be responded to by the other two discussants. The rest of the time will involve audience participation in the dialogue. Click here for the program.
Click here for a flyer of this event. |
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September 26, 2006 | Anderson Hall 12th Floor | Temple University
The ISRST Conversation Series presents:
On Race, Schooling, and Neoliberalism
Speakers include Lemah R. Bonnick of St. Mary's College, England, Kathleen Hall of the University of Pennsylvania, and Marc Hill of Temple University.
Click here for a flyer of this event. |
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CONFERENCES & TALKS
October 30, 2006 | 3:30 - 6pm | Annenburg Hall 3 | Temple University
From Vietnam to Israel, and then...
Screening of "The Journey of Vaan Nguyen"
84 Minute Film
Comments, questions, and answers with the filmmaker Duki Dror & Vietnam Expert Dr. Dieu Nguyen
Discussion and Refreshments
location: Annenberg Hall 3 (on Liacouras Walk or 13th St. above Norris St., enter & go down one floor)
cosponsors: asian studies program; jewish studies program, institute for race and social thought,
film and media arts department, center for vietnamese philosophy, culture, and society, international
programs, consulate general of israel
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October 27-28, 2006 | New York, NY | The New School
Philosophy Born of Struggle 2006:
Philosophy and the Scientific Spirit
Keynote by Lewis R. Gordon
Click here for the Philosophy Born of Struggle 2006 Program. |
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Philadelphia, PA | The African American Museum
The African American Museum in Philadelphia presents:
W.E.B. DuBois & The Black Future: A Reconsideration Lecture Series
Featuring eminent scholar and activist Dr. Anthony Monteiro
Friday October 13, 7 - 9pm
Thursday October 26, 7 - 9pm
Friday, November 3, 7 - 9pm
Friday, November 17, 7 - 9pm
Click here for a flyer of the lecture series. |
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EVENTS
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Institute for the Study of Race and Social Thought
Anderson Hall (022-28) - 1114 West Berks Street - Philadelphia, PA 19122-6090
Phone: (215) 204-5621 - Fax: (215) 204-2535 - Email: isrst@temple.edu |
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